Artificial bait.



A. WINNIE. ARTIFICIAL BAIT. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, ms,

MFA/4M by Patented July '7, 1914.

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BlEllEl/l WINNIE, F TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

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To all whom it may concern:

llc it'lrnown that. I, ALBERT \VINNIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'lrarvense City, in the county of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Artificial Bait, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in artiiicial baits and more particularly to that class of bait which represents a live minnow while being drawn through the Water.

An object of the present invention is to prtwide an artificial bait. formed in the shape of a minnow and to provide planes secured thereto whereby the bait when drawn through the water may be made to dive, skip along the-top of the water or re main ina floating and quiescent condition thereon. I

A further object is to provide a buoyant artificial representation of a minnow with guide planes extending outwardly therefrom and. at a slight angle thereto and to further provide means whereby the fish line may be secured to the top or bottom of the said bait whereby the planes ma be made to point upwardly with the resu t that the bait will remain upon the surface of the water, or may be made to point downwardly with the result that the bait will dive into the depths of the Water. A

it further object is to provide a buoyant representation of a minnow with a plurality of fish hooks secured thereto and to secure an eyelet to the upper and lower front portion of the bait to which a fish line may be attached and to provide planes extending at an. angle to the longitudinal axis of the bait and which are capable of moving the bait into the depths of the water, skipping it along the top surface thereof, or the said bait may be allowed to float quietly upon the surface of the water.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement. of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it. being understood 'that changes in the precise embodiment of the in .vcntion herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without .tleparting; from the sp1r1t of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a partthereof, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 15, 1913.

"ate'nlcd July 7, i914.

Serial No. 784,957.

preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective oi my improved artificial bait. Fig. '2 is a side view in elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a lop plan view of i1 somewhat modified form of device embodying the features oi my invention,

Referring to the drawings in which simi-' the front of the body portion are the planes 5 and 6 which as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, extend at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the body portion and the plane 5 projects a slight distance beyond the planet. The provision of the two planes provides for the sure working; of the device and provides that the artificial bait will mordquicltly respond to the pull upon the fish-line.

Rigidly secured above and below the planes 5 and 6 are the two eyelets? and 8, which provide means whereby the fish line may be secured to the bait; Any number of books 9 maybe secured to the body portion 4, the number and construction of which however does not in any way concern the present invention.

The modified form illustrated in F ig. 3 embodies the same principles as those already set forth, the difference being however that the lane whereby the bait is driven beneath t e surfaceor raised to the top thereof, are slidably mounted upon a wire 10 which extends around the entire body portion 4. Thus the planes 11 and 12 may be moved to the front or rear of the body portion 4, it being noted however that they will at all times maintain an angle to the longitudinal axis of the body portion 4, substantially similar to the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2'.

In the practical use of my improved bait,

the fish line may be conn acted to either :the

eyelets 7 or 8. With the line secured to the eyelet Tas illustrated in Fig. 2 and when the line is drawn rapidly forward, the pull being at the top portion of thebody portion i. will Uifnl l1: lower the same in the body with the r ult that the planes 5 ancl 6 will point do'wi'iwarclly and the entire bait Will dive to a depth proportional to the rate at which the bait is being drawn forwardly, Thus it will be apparent that in those instances where the fish remain. in deep Water, by scouring the line to the eyelet 7 the bait will successfully submerge to any depth sired. hen, however, on the contrary bait is being used in shallow Water or the fish tend to remain near the surface of the water, the line is changed and secured to the under eyelet S, with the result that the pull being exerted at the under portion of the bait, the planes will be directed npwarclly so that the same when being drawn forwardly and contacting with the Water will cause the bait to skip over the top surface of the water. It is to be noted in this'connection that the angle which the planes 5 and G make with the longitudinal axis of the body portion is of a slight'clegree and is for the purpose of neutralizing the natural tendency of the bait to remain upon the surface of the liquid clue to its buoyant construction. Thee it will be apparent that with my improved artificial bait, by drawing the same fee Ward. with eohsidereble speed the said bait will be driven. to any desired depth. Also moderate or slow speed and with the line secured to the under portion of the bait, it can be drawn through. the Water in a substantially horizontal plane or made to skip along the top surface thereof. Furthern'iore due to the buoyant construction, the body pet ion 4: of the bait may he al.- lowetl to float upon the Water should it be so (lee 1 Having;

we fully described. my invention,

ALBERT VVlNNlE.

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